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First Joint Institute By Blair in Stephenson Jo Daviess
Hon. Francis G. Blair state superintendent visited the Stephenson and Jo Daviess county teachers institute on Thursday afternoon. He praised the first of its kind joint meeting, urged teachers to combine tact and knowledge, and stressed the teacher's vital role in shaping student life. Dr. Schmucker and Dr. Kinnaman spoke on nature study and city life, while lectures by Ellis and Schmucker explored pedagogy, temperaments, and the virtue of education rooted in common sense and character.
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Francis G. Blair
Stephenson
Jo Daviess County
Blair
Garfield
Mark Hopkins
Jearner
Schmucker
Corol
Valley Forge
Dr. Kinnaman
Kinnaman
Washington
Great Valley
America
Lfe
Ellis
Hopkins
Stanley Hall
James A. Garfield
G. Stanley Hall
General Armstrong
Booker T. Washington
Louis Agassiz
S. C. Schmucker
Dr. Schmucker
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Lse
Boys Glee Club
W. G. DeTrevilian
the Mariner
Dr. Ellis
Christopher Dock
Penn
Pestalozzi
Pennsylvania
Dock
Christopher Sauer
Germany
England
Sauer
Deck
de. Schmucker
Agassiz
Pr. Kinnaman
South
Kentucky
Dixie